Amazon just made it easier to summon the voice of actor Samuel L. Jackson on its Echo smart speaker and displays by allowing you to substitute the Alexa wake word with “Hey Samuel.”
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Settlements for police misconduct can range from multimillion-dollar payouts to far less. But the financial impact of police misconduct on cities and taxpayers is often overlooked.
Erie County, Pa., was won narrowly by Donald Trump in 2016. NPR talks with the heads of the county's Democratic and Republican parties about what get-out-the-vote efforts look like in the pandemic.
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Regina Jackson, chairwoman of the Oakland, Calif., Police Commission, about the city's search for a new police chief.
President Trump's alleged comments disparaging service members is giving Democrats hope they can attract the military vote. Some key states in the election have large military bases.
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino about his new series, We Are Who We Are. It's a coming-of-age drama set on an American military base in Italy.
Sally made landfall in Alabama as a Category 2 hurricane with high winds. Forecasters warned the slow-moving storm may bring catastrophic flooding to parts of Alabama and Florida.
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with José Olivares of WNYC about a whistleblower alleging a high number of hysterectomies at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Georgia.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds the vast majority of children dying from COVID-19 are children of color.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released plans for the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. The logistical challenges could be as daunting as the scientific ones.
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, about the coronavirus cases and deaths officials have traced to a wedding last month.
A professor at the University of Southern California finds himself at the center of controversy after using a Mandarin word in class that some students said sounded like N-word.
The Big Ten Conference has decided it will play football this fall after all. In August, it was the first conference to suspend its season but now has relented under pressure.
Jon Perkinson of Orange Beach, Ala., talks about how he found himself and his family in the path of Hurricane Sally. They watched boats capsize and feared for their lives.
Footage shows Pope Francis looking healthy as he greets Catholics today – the Vatican said he is "constantly monitored" for coronavirus after a friend tested positive for the killer bug
Oceanbird will be able to carry 7,000 cars and cross the Atlantic in 12 days, its creator claims, mostly powered by the wind.
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U.S. stock benchmarks on Wednesday finished mostly lower as the Federal Reserve held key interest rates unchanged at a range of 0% and 0.25%, as expected, but signaled that interest rates would remain lower for at least the next three years as the economy attempts to clamber out of the coronavirus-induced recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up a meager 37 points, or 0.1%, at 28,032, but the index saw a more-than 300-point intraday swing in the aftermath of the Fed's announcement... Читать дальше...
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The betting lines for the Lakers won’t make you a lot of cash, but they’re encouraging otherwise
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As promised, Apple just dropped iOS 14. It’s now available on iPhone 6s and above, and it brings a whole bunch of new features. Those include home screen widgets, an App Library, Apple Clips, picture-in-picture mode and pretty significant changes to...
<p>Thomas Rhett poses with the Entertainer of the Year award onstage during the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry on September 16, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee.</p>
"While being a CEO comes with a great deal of responsibility (and yes, power), the impact and influence you can have on people when the role is done well is priceless."
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - Liberty University has missed a self-imposed deadline to publish coronavirus figures on its website.
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